Duke of Berg

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The Duke of Berg was the title held by the sovereign ruler of the historic Duchy of Berg in the Holy Roman Empire, located in what is now western Germany.

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Duke of Berg canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ducal title
hereditary title
noble title
abolishedAsSovereignTitle early 19th century
appliesToTerritory Duchy of Berg
associatedWithRegion Bergisches Land
associatedWithRiver Rhine
country Holy Roman Empire
createdFrom County of Berg
firstHolder Adolf I, Duke of Berg
Adolf III of the Marck
GermanName Herzog von Berg
governs Duchy of Berg
hasCapital Düsseldorf
hasEarlierSeat Burg Castle
Windeck Castle
hasTitleStyle Durchlaucht
heldBy Adolf I, Duke of Berg
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria NERFINISHED
Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
surface form: Frederick William III of Prussia

John III, Duke of Cleves
surface form: John III, Duke of Cleves and Jülich-Berg

Maximilian Joseph, Elector of Bavaria NERFINISHED
Philip William, Elector Palatine
William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
surface form: William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg

Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg
surface form: Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
heldByDynasty House of Berg
House of Hohenzollern
House of Jülich
House of Jülich
surface form: House of Jülich-Berg

House of La Marck
House of Palatinate-Neuburg
House of Palatinate-Sulzbach
House of Wittelsbach
House of Wittelsbach
surface form: House of Wittelsbach-Bavaria
languageOfTitle German
laterReligion Calvinism
Lutheranism
locatedInPresentDay North Rhine-Westphalia
western Germany
partOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
precededBy Count of Berg
rankInNobility duke
religion Roman Catholicism
status sovereign prince of the Holy Roman Empire
titleCreated 1380
unitedWithTitle Duke of Cleves
Duke of Jülich
Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Elector Palatine
Elector of Bavaria

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Referenced by (6)

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Grand Duke of Berg follows Duke of Berg
William the Rich positionHeld Duke of Berg
Berg nobleTitle Duke of Berg
House of Murat hasTitle Duke of Berg
House of Berg hasTitle Duke of Berg